Perry High
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School History
Property Purchased: 1953
Facility Constructed: 1956
School Mascot: Panthers
School Colors: Maroon and Gold
School Motto: Striving for Excellence
School Mission Statement
Mission: All students will earn a high school diploma.
Vision: Perry High School will be the standard of excellence, producing high achieving students.
Interesting Facts/Trivia/Awards
- Notable Alumni: Senator Sam Nunn, Representative Larry Walker, Deborah Roberts, Earl Cheek, and Casey Hayward.
- Aurelia Evans wrote the School Alma Mater.
- Media Center was named for Cohen Walker, former PHS Ag Teacher and HCBOE Board Chairman.
- The gym was named for Eric P. Staples, former PHS Principal. Eric Staples was also the basketball coach with a lifetime record of 924 wins and only 198 loses. Staples' saying: "If you want to succeed, you gotta pay the price!"
- Coach Fessor Staples was America's all-time winnings high school coach until 1990 (25 years after he retired).
School Awards
- 1989: Georgia School of Excellence
- 1996: Georgia School of Excellence
- 2009: Title I Distinguished School
- 2023: AP STEM School, AP STEM Achievement School
- 2024: Georgia Department of Education Mathematics Banner for High School Growth
Golf State Championships
Boys Team: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965
Basketball State Championships
1947, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966
Boys Basketball Team, 1949-1950
- Coach Fessor Staples
- Assistant Coach Bob Schuler
- Buddy Batchelor
- Mac Peyton
- Bobby Satterfield
- Billy Gray
- Seabie Hickson
- Jack Hardy
- David Gray
- Hershel Lawhorn
- Hershal Thompson
- Bobby Brooks
- Mgr. Pete Carlisle
Boys Basketball Team, 1955-1956
- Coach Eric Staples
- Assistant Coach Frank Holland
- Jimmy Beatty
- Bennett Mauldin
- Virgil Peavy
- Sam Nunn
- Percy Hardy
- Ed Beckham
- Marvin Griffin
- Terry Griffin
- Ralph Dorsett
- Mgr. Horace Evans
Cheerleading Awards
- 2002: Class AAA Competitive Cheerleading State Champions
FFA Awards
- State: Meat Evaluation 2007-2008
- State: Senior Meat Evaluation, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015
- State: Junior Meat Evaluation, 2014-2015
- State: Senior Nursery Landscaping, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015
- State: Floriculture, 2011-2012 and 2014-2015
- State: Grand Champion Heifer and Steer, 2014-2015
- National: 1st in Nursery Landscaping, 2007-2008 and 2014-2015
- National: Floriculture, 2010-2011
Literary and Theater Awards
- One Act (included in Literary prior to 2000): State AAAA: 2009, 2013, 2015, 2020
- Literary State Literary Champions: 1961, 1962, 1966, 2024
School Principal History
- 1933-1969: Eric P. Staples
- 1969-1972: Hubert Hutcherson
- 1972-1985: Malcolm Marchman
- 1985-1999: Phil Smith
- 2000-2004: Bobby Griffin
- 2004-2016: Darryl Albritton
- 2016-Current: Wesley "Del" Martin
Completed School Improvements and Renovations
- 1956: Gymnasium Addition
- 1958: Ag Building Addition
- 1960: 8 Classroom Addition
- 1968: 7 Classroom Addition and Woodshop Addition
- 1970: Fieldhouse Addition
- 1975: Cafeteria and Library Addition
- 1984: Vocational Building Added
- 1988: New Roof for Fieldhouse
- 1990: New Auditorium and Campus Renovations
- 1994: Weight Room Addition
- 1998: Baseball Field Lights Installed
- 1999: New Roof
- 2004: Multipurpose Facility Added
- 2006: Administration, Media Center and Science Classroom Additions
- 2007: Bleacher Expansion, Soccer Field Lighting and Sitework
- 2008: Stadium Track and Drainage
- 2019: Competition Gymnasium Addition
- 2022: HVAC Replacement
- 2023: Field House Addition